Quote Originally Posted by Tien Long View Post
I liked this issue as well. There were all of these quirky, fascinating moments that made me stop and think. The character with the tattoo saying how we are all mutants. The performances at the Cabaret. Those were cool. There was some subtext in that as well. Here is Steve Rogers who's this epitome of a the status quo white, male hero. And yet, he accepts and is open to all of these quirky elements around him. Now, we've seen this before. Steve looks like the idealized "ubermench" but instead of oppressing others, he liberates and uplifts. It shouldn't surprise us that he's open and accepting of others considering who his allies have been throughout the Marvel Universe. However, this issue just reinforces all of that.

In any case, there was also a good amount of action here. I said before that this isn't a typical story where Steve punches Nazis, but he is punching out soldiers.

JMS pulled a good balance here. I like where this story is going.
Indeed. That subtext you bring up is the core of the quintessential Steve Rogers.